Holy Scripture
Job 27:19
A church father on this verse
“When the rich man sleepeth, he shall take nothing away with him, he shall open his eyes and shall find nought. In harmony with which same sentence the Psalmist saith, All the foolish in heart are troubled, they have slept their sleep, and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands. For in order that the r…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
19The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: He has opened his eyes, and he is not.
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In context
17All these things shall the righteous gain, And the truehearted shall possess his wealth.
18And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider’s web.
— Job 27:19 —
20Pains have come upon him as water, And darkness has carried him away by night.
21And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, And it shall utterly drive him out of his place.